#E38159#E38159

#E38159 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.133 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38159
RGB	rgb(227, 129, 89)
HSL	hsl(17, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(17, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, 34.15, 37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 51.02, 47.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% 0.0979 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.133 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3352, 32.7570, 13.5951)
Luminance	0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38159 #59BBE3

analogous

#E35976 #E38159 #E3C659

triadic

#E38159 #59E381 #8159E3

tetradic

#E38159 #76E359 #59BBE3 #C659E3

square

#E38159 #76E359 #59BBE3 #C659E3

split-complementary

#E38159 #59E3C6 #5976E3

monochromatic

#A6441C #DA5925 #E38159 #ECA98D #F5D0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#E38159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#E38159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38159

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38159	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F76F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 129, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.133 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1a789',
    500: '#e38159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38159;
$custom-light: #f1a789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.391,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70214,
    "c": 0.13282,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38159

secondary

#B2D7E5

accent

#9BD312

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38159

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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